Originally Posted by
Jetset0045
"And I hate to say it, but average time for most corporate drivers is 5000. Although entry is 2500. "
Don't buy these numbers...there are some who get to fly gulfstreams with 1500 hours....it's as nothing to do with hours!!! If you've flown one jet, you can fly any jet....it's up to your attitude to get you in the door, and your skills to keep you there!
Point being.....he said average. I'm sure there are SOME that got the job with a lot less. I personally heard that one major flight department hired someone with VERY little time - for whatever reason. I'm not sure where the times above came from, they could just be his personal guess based on years of experience being around corporate pilots. I would believe he got the 2500 entry level from one (or some) of the fractionals out there that require that much time to apply. You may have a different experience. It SEEMS to be a fact though that if you don't have some inside connection, then the required times would tend to be significantly higher than those required in the -121 world.
USMCFLYR